Law School Endowed Professorships

Mark A. Drumbl
The Class of 1975 Alumni Professorship was established in 1990 by gifts from the members of the Law Class of 1975.

Joshua A.T. Fairfield
Established by W. Donald Bain, Jr. ’49L, in honor of his father, William Donald Bain. The Bain Family Professorship supports a distinguished professor of law who is an accomplished scholar and exceptional teacher, with preference for one who teaches in the area of corporate law.

Michelle Drumbl
The Robert O. Bentley Professorship in Law was created in 1994 in Mr. Bentley’s honor and memory by his wife, Elizabeth M. Bentley of Lexington, Virginia. Mr. Bentley was a member of the Law Class of 1926.

Catherine Smith
The Vincent L. Bradford Professorship in Law was established in 2004 by Vincent L. Bradford, a Philadelphia lawyer.

C. Beth Belmont
The Parker A. Denaco ’68L Term Professorship Endowment is a permanently endowed fund at Washington and Lee University providing support for a faculty member who is judged to be excellent in teaching and in professional contributions as determined by the Dean of the Law School or his/her designee.

Suzette Malveaux
The Roger D. Groot Professorship of Law is a newly established chair created by the generosity and cumulative effort of almost 400 alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the Law School to honor Professor Roger D. Groot, who died in 2005.

Brandon Hasbrouck
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Professorship of Law was established in 2001 by the University’s Board of Trustees. The professorship honors the generous contributions of the Lewis family to Washington and Lee University.

Kish Parella
The James P. Morefield Professorship in Law was established in 1994 through a gift from the estate of James P. Morefield ’52L of Houston, Texas. The Morefield Professorship supports the teaching and scholarship of a member of the Law School faculty who has distinguished himself or herself both in and out of the classroom.

Brian C. Murchison
The Charles S. Rowe Professorship in Law was established in 2002 by Charles S. Rowe, a member of the undergraduate Class of 1945 and of the Law Class of 1950 from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to promote interdisciplinary work between law and journalism.

Melanie D. Wilson
The Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professorship in Law was established in 2004 by alumni and friends of Roy L. Steinheimer Jr., who served as Dean of the Law School from 1968 to 1983 and as the Robert E. R. Huntley Professor of Law until 1987.

Russell A. Miller
The J. B. Stombock Professorship of Law was established in 2001 by the estate gift of Mary Louise Walker in honor of her first husband, Julius B. “Gus” Stombock ’41, ’47L, who was a lawyer and civic leader in Waynesboro, Virginia.